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21 People Confess Their Most Horrifying Travel Experiences

10.

Taking the small fast boat that operated between Portsmouth and France. It was a stormy day but the boat had been given the all clear to go. After a while at sea the weather got a lot worse and the boat started becoming pretty unsteady. People began being sea sick and then the staff also started hurling all over the place. Eventually water was seen coming in the vents and smoke. Turns out the smoke was from a flair that had gone off by accident, however I did not think I would live to see another day. We were the last boat to make that trip that day as the company cancelled all the other crossings.

11.

Was in Germany a few years back when that Volcano in Iceland erupted, and European countries closed their airports. Had to go through Poland and Baltic countries with polish bus drivers who couldn’t speak english, while watching polish dubbed Forrest Gump on a loop for 24 hours.

12.

Bitten by a (they say) black widow on my first day in Borneo. The paralysis started on my hand, where I was bitten, and just traveled up and got really scary when it started affecting my breathing. The clinic, and then the ER, gave me paracetamol, which didn’t quite deal with the problem at hand.

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Well, we arrived at our hotel in France. The room was amazing just until entering the toilet. There was a giant mushroom growing out the side of the sink.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.